Miniskirt Uchuu Kaizoku [Light Novel]

[justpassingby]

I am busy as bees and as tired as a panda right now, so I don't feel like writing a long post, but might as well post the illustrations from vol 9 (since the movie poster is up)

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Picture courtesy of my horrendous camera skill.

When I created the Yousei Sakusen thread in celebration of Sensei's 50th birthday, I did went through vol 4.

Spoiler for because it is a different novel:

There was a scene between Nobu and Sakaki on the beach (after the compulsory survival beach episode. Sakaki tought Nobu about the name of the constellations, and he said that he dreamed of becoming a space pirate going superluminal from stars to stars. Nobu replied "Uchuu Kaizoku!?", which I think the start of vol 1 prolog was supposed to be a reminiscent of the Last Letter's scene.

Too bad Nobu went first, but oh well, at least Japanese space pirates are 12 light years away after 50,000 years :P.

In other news, last part of Hoshi no Pilot volume 2 will be on sale March 19. I would recommend to purchase the books that won the Seiun Award even though you could get the first printings on the internet just for the extra explanations and new illustrations

[Inept Forum User]

Thanks, justpassingby.

Just one minor question - who was the recipient of the kick?

[MeisterBabylon]

Originally Posted by justpassingby

Too bad Nobu went first, but oh well, at least Japanese space pirates are 12 light years away after 50,000 years :P.

Disable the chroniton filter on the forward navigational deflector, and the time-dilation of plying back and forth at Warp 1 for 50,000 years will ensure he only ages 6 years.

[tsunade666]

Is that Chiaki in a black dress?

I really wish this one gets a translation or gets more attention. More attention leads to possible translation. Its such a waste to leave it be because the story is interesting and so far has a solid plot and setting for me to like .

[justpassingby]

Originally Posted by Inept Forum User

Thanks, justpassingby.

Just one minor question - who was the recipient of the kick?

Black Beard. Chiaki was angry that her father was late.
...Probably she was also angry because Marika forced her to wear the dress. Of course with some persuasions from the Princess.

Writing this post to notify fans that there will be an event tomorrow.

[NicoNico]
SF大会超体験版@ニコニコ超会議２ April 28th
Time: 1200-1700 pm Japan time

The guests for the first segment, Mouretsu? Miniskirt? Uchuu Kaizoku (1200 - 1300) are
- Sasamoto Yuuichi (SF author MiniPi, ARIEL, HoshiPi etc)
- Satou Tatsuo (director Stellvia, Tobe! Isami, MoPi etc)
MC will be Hikawa Ryuusuke (anime critic and writer).

This will be the first time Sensei and the Director are in the same talk event relating to MiniPi/MoPi. Both of them already met at TOKON10 in 2010.
The following hours will involve other SF authors. Make sure not to miss them all.

Not exactly related, but on the same day tomorrow there will be also a function called NicoNico Super Anime Song Festival [link] and Komatsu Mikako is participating. because I've already double post in the anime thread :P

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And here we go [link]

Some info from the event:

Spoiler for Oi poor Hikawa-san:

- Sensei's favorite and recommended episodes were 5, 12, and 22, while the director's were 11 and 23.
- They talked about the movement of the Golden Ghost Ship (horizontal) for stability.
- Inside of the Ghost Ship has something to do with Hasegawa Yuuichi's Gundam manga. Director Satou recalled the days when he worked with the manga artist for Tobe! Isami. Sensei himself had wrote a side story for Hasegaawa's MAPS マップス・シェアードワールド 2 ―天翔る船―.
- The Pirates Hunt arc is somewhat similar to Sensei's HoshiDance. Director Satou only noticed it after someone told him. It was truly coincidence. wwww. And fuck me I didn't notice it too
- Latest info regarding the movie will be out during the upcoming Golden Week. (Information Warfare?)
- Sensei hasn't decide the title for MiniPi vol 10.
- Sensei was happy with the voice castings of the characters. In fact he was glad that he didn't say anything.

- Chibi Maruko? Marika? wwwwwww
- Sensei is pretty good at conducting the lucky draw and as a MC wwww. I want to see him and Mikako-shi in a same event.

[Inept Forum User]

Thanks for the information, justpassingby.

Just wondering, what did the business with the framing and the perpetrator turn out to be?

[justpassingby]

ミニスカ宇宙海賊10　二隻の白鳥号 [e-hon]
Miniskirt Space Pirates 10 - The Two White Swan (Hakuchou-Gou) (Provisional title) [ranobe mori]

What's this? Did one of the bird plunged into a black hole, time-traveled and created a parallel world? . And from the preview, Jenny is going to join the rumpus.

Originally Posted by Inept Forum User

Thanks for the information, justpassingby.

Just wondering, what did the business with the framing and the perpetrator turn out to be?

I can't promise anything, ,but I'll try to answer in details this weekend.....I hope :P.
Now, to the work site I go ー｡･*･:≡(　ε: )

[MeisterBabylon]

Originally Posted by justpassingby

What's this? Did one of the bird plunged into a black hole, time-traveled and created a parallel world? . And from the preview, Jenny is going to join the rumpus.

What, are we already trekking into darkness?

[justpassingby]

^Watched the movie last Friday (slowpork I know). I really liked the part when Jimbo and Khan went jumping from a moving car, off a bridge and into a shot glass. :P

If my memory serves me right, Marika and Gruelle maneuvered inside the Serenity Generational Space Ship using air guns they obtained inside the ship. I would have preferred if they had animated that instead of the tennis racquets

I don't have internet at my home right now (posting from a cybercafe with the book not in my hand), but here a gist about Chapter 1 vol 9.

Spoiler for Vol 09 Chapter 1: Distress Signal From The DARKNESS :P :

Marika was on her way back to Umi no Akehoshi (UnA) when Show called to notify that one of the privateer ship, KaryouBinga had went missing. The afro dude asked Marika not to disclose the information.

Chiaki called telling Marika that someone was interested in buying Barubarusa's Letter of Marque. When asked if someone offered the to buy Marika's LoM, Marika joked about selling her license.

SOS came to Bentenmaru, with the point of origin was at the edge of UnA system. Three state-of-the-art ships had attacked a carrier ship. Marika decided that they should not wait for the military to move, and they went to help. As Marika always prioritizes the safety of her ship, Bentemaru ran away.

The next day Marika was expelled from her school.

Oh, and Marika started her lines in this book with "Eh?".
...As expected from my Captain.

With that being said, HoshiPi vol 3 New Printing will go on sale in July. RanobeMori indicates that vol 3 (High Frontier) and vol 4 (Blue Planet) of the old printing will be bundled as vol 3.

IIRC, the end of HoshiPi got something to do with sending probe to Tau Ceti to search for habitable planets.
I remember reading someone from 2ch was getting 'tired' of the news of possibility of habitable planets , because it's not like we're going there in our lifetime. ;_;

[justpassingby]

Well if it isn't Captain Katou "Perfect Hair" Marika?

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[Inept Forum User]

Thanks for the info.

This should be interesting...

(Regarding Volume 9, was there satisfactory payback in the end?)

[Utsuro no Hako]

Originally Posted by justpassingby

Well if it isn't Captain Katou "Perfect Hair" Marika?

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Forget Marika. I'm more interested in Jenny and Lynn.

[justpassingby]

Originally Posted by Inept Forum User

Thanks for the info.

This should be interesting...

(Regarding Volume 9, was there satisfactory payback in the end?)

Barubarusa was sank so that she could be returned back to her Captain. No ship should go down without her Captain after all

Spoiler for Vol 09 Chapter 1: Distress Signal From The Darkness:

pg009
Bentenmaru was on her way back home to Sea of Morningstar when Marika first
heard the tidings.
Marika: Eh?
Show informed that Karyoubinga went missing.
The information was from his colleague who was in charge working
with Karyoubinga.
With a serious tone, he asked Marika not to disclosed the news.
Marika and Show conversation was broadcasted bridge-wide, so the bridge crews heard what Show was showing.

pg010
Marika asked what did he meant by "went missing".
Show replied that it was to the T. Karyoubinga did a military training with
the Sinclair Star System of the Eridanus constellation. She then did a transport mission from Ataka Relay station to the Imperial Military Base at Seluna.
Lastly, on their way home the privateer ship had the usual pirate business with
a passenger ship.
Misa said they (Karyoubinga) was as hardworking as ever.
Karyoubinga is older than Bentenmaru, but far bigger Battleship class, with more
crews and equipment, so their expenditure is higher.
Her work schedule is tighter than Bentenmaru, and she also accepted the jobs from
military company to test new weapons and equipment during their sails.
Marika asked Show whether Karyoubinga's last job was the passenger ship. Show
The guy nodded that his sunglass glittered. Show said that Karyoubinga should had
returned to Sinclair D 36 hours ago, but until then there were no R2B report or the
scheduled contact. The luxurious passenger ship, Candice White was the last trace of Karyoubinga.
The Captain asked Show what was the schedule for the missing pirate ship after that. There was the
possibility of Karyoubinga's job to be passed to Bentenmaru by the Insurance Agency should the contact
with the ship continue to be unsuccessful.

pg011
The insurance agent stated that Karyoubinga, should they had returned to Sinclair D, they was supposed to enter Hourai Seiki's floating dock and performed a light maintenance, equipped herself with
a new targeting system and test it, while the crew would be given 108 hours of rest on the land.
Hourai Seiki is a spaceship maker that accept order made, and developing ship equipments and
weaponaries.
Marika thought it was weird for a pirate ship to dissapear just before their breaks days.
Show then said the last time they gave up their rest day was during the event at the frontier
(Jacky and the Crimson Pirates)
Karyoubinga Letter of Marque is concomittant to Count Khan's peerage, and unlike Bentenmaru's LoM which was
issued by the government, the restrictions on Karyoubinga are quite loose, but when comes to passing assignment it could be quite troublesome.
The bridge went silent, as the first reason that came to mind on why a ship could gone missing
was that she was sank.
Marika procured if there was a need for Bentenmaru to go and search for the missing Immortal Creature.
Show answered that it hadn't came to that stage then, while showing his teeth (photogenic? )

pg012
Even if the possibility was high that Karyoubinga could possibly be in between the last
point between Candice White and Sinclair D, it was still ten-odd light years wide. The Count probably had his
own reasons and went missing, and Bentenmaru would be unable to search for them easily. Marika asked Show to contact
Bentenmaru immediately if they could provide helps.
Courier and Hyakume were already hitting their keyboards hard () to gather the intel.
Marika asked the crew what was the best thing to do at that time. Misa was surprised that the question wasn't
"What do you think happened to Karyoubinga?", but instead, "What should we do?"
Marika replied that after all being said by Show, the only thing that would come out from discussion about the
other ship would only be conjectures. If there were other things that could be done, then they should be first priority.

pg 013
Hyakume then displayed the sailing routes' recent conditions of Sinclair Star System.
He added that the servicing of the routes were better done then Tau's route, and that missing ships for unknown reasons didn't occur up till then.
There were cases when ships lost for hundreds, or thousands of years being found.

pg014
Marika asked if it was that easy to go missing. Hyakume replied if the Captain was interested in doing so, it
should be easy to become a missing ship. Go out from the range of the Control Office and don't send a report.
A superluminal communication came into Bentenmaru. It was from Barubarusa.
"Chiaki-chan"
And then Chiaki-chan was angry.

pg015
Marika presumed that Barubarusa was all right since Bentenmaru was receiving call from them.
Chiaki then asked if Bentenmaru already heard about Karyoubinga's predicament.
The bispectacled girl explained that her father just knew about the news, but the reason for the call to Bentenmaru
was another thing. She asked if someone had came to Bentenmaru planning to buy her LoM.
Marika: Eh?
Chiaki added that people who claimed to be from a Trading Company of a Star came to Barubarua asking
if they're interested to sell their license, the ship itself, as the reappointment of the crews were also
guaranteed.
Marika was surprised. She asked if the license was something that could be sold and bought.
Chiaki replied that LoM issued by government, in their case Umi no Morihoshi (Sea of Forest Star),
can be put on trade if all the parties concerned agreed.
But if one wanted to use the LoM, the Barubarusa and a Captain were a must.

pg016
Marika felt like a cantankerous talk was about to begin, but she just nodded.
The girl who just appeared in bikini magazine spread added that the agent only put a price on Barubarusa and
the license, but things regarding the Captain were not mentioned. Black Beard did say to his daughter that
he would be reassigned to the latest Battleship-class ship, but the ship would probably not owned by the company.
Marika catechized furthermore if the representative didn't have the intention of doing pirates' jobs.
Chiaki smiled and replied that the full details about the agent and who was represented were still unclear, but
according to her father, it was not about buying the LoM, but more about putting the pirates out of business.
Miss Perfect Hair wanted to confirm if the license could be put on trading table without the consent of the
government.

pg017
Chiaki answered that her father prolonged the discussion with the agent because he wanted
to confirm that matter.
Black Beard didn't have the intention to sell his LoM, but he wanted to know more about the buyer.
Chiaki asked Marika what she would do should someone came asking to buy Bentenmaru's LoM.
Marika conformed that she would ask a price that would enable her to buy a new battleship, gives bonus
to her crews, and enough greenback to bribe the Galactic Empire to issue her a new LoM.
Someone snapped. (Misa? Chiaki?) )
It was a joke from Marika, as she realized that it is the Captain's job to protect his/her LoM.
Chiaki wished Marika not to go missing when she hadn't refuse anything.

pg018
Marika wished the same for her waifu. Marika was confident that Black Beard was the better captain, but
if he and his ship gone missing, it would be hard for Bentenmaru too. Chiaki said if she told him that the
Bentenmaru's Captain was worry about him, what faces would he makes?
The communication ended, and Luka gave Marika the details on their sailing. It was time to go home.

A distress signal came on the same time when Bentenmaru touched down inside the inner orbit of Tau Ceti.
Transport ship Maria Forte 85 registered under West Kilia was under attacked by unidentified ships.
Marika: Eh?
Marika was perplexed as the location was the international waters space
that was supposed to be patrolled by the Imperial Fleet.

pg019
Maria Forte 85 was carrying rare metals, precise medical equipments, and
rations, and she was to make port at Sea of Morning Star's Relay Station.
The Stellar Force should have received the SOS signal, but it would took some time to arrive to Maria Forte.
Two other ships that were closest to the scene were Princess Apricot and Kouryuu 69 that were unarmed. Both of them
awaited for furthers instruction from the Stellar Force.

Marika watched the display, as more and more FTL-capable ships arrived, but the closest weaponized ship was Bentenmaru.
The Captain ordered for a Short Jump, and to send request for reinforcement.

pg020.
A-gou and Un-gou's output were rising, and anti-ship methodology had started. Marika
asked Courier to send the Decoy. If the SOS was a trap to lure Bentenmaru, they should
expect a concentrated fire during the touchdown.
The Decoy signal's touch down should be close to Maria Forte, and the real Bentenmaru's touchdown should be behind the decoy 15 seconds after that.
Marika's strategy would allow them to avoid the first round of volley if the real target was Bentenmaru, Schnitzer said.
The Battle Cyborg added that the exchange fire would be imminent after that.

pg021
Marika added in her order that Bentenmaru should run away should the condition became too dangerous.
Schnitzer said the last order was the most difficult one

pg022
The Decoy touchdowned, and data processing was done roughly. All that Courier could read was that there were 3 attacking ships.
The Decoy wasn't attacked, so Marika ordered for evasive maneuver when the real one touchdowned.

p023
Bentenmaru moved at random speed during the evasion. Schnitzer assigned the name call for the ships of unknown origin; Alpha, Bravo, Charlie.
Bravo was nearest to Maria Forte. The transport ship's engines were overheat.

pg024
Marika used the common channel that only allowed to be used in emergency to warn the attacking ships
to cease their attack and surrender. They would be detained without being sank.
The Captain waited for reply. Only noises were coming from the speaker filters.

pg025
Marika ordered to commence the attack. Target: Bravo. Bentemaru full speed
Shnitzer said the charge was complete. Captain ordered to fire a warning shot with room for evasions
for Bravo before the enemy ship could dock with Maria Forte.
Energy used in order of severeness are: Ship's cannons, battle maneuvers, and finally Electronic Warfare.
But when EW is used during a fight, battle maneuver is many fold than chances to fire.

Courier finally identified the ship. They were a heavily modified Derfflinger battlecruiser-class ship. Derfflinger is
the newest anti-ship specialist. The battlecruiser is also used by the Imperial Fleet.
Hyakume said there were no transponder signal from the three attackers.
Alpha and Charlie were closing to Bentenmaru while jamming everything, including the SOS signal.

pg026
Bravo's energy reading was rising, as they readied to fire. Bentenmaru drifted to a side

pg027-pg034
Marika ordered to use Maria Forte to be their shield.
Marika thought that Bravo would not fire at Bentenmaru if they were close to Maria Forte.
But the enemy shot and the beam pierced near the center of the transport ship. Bentenmaru then released chaffs.
Bentenmaru could not jump because all the energy rerouting, so they had to run on the normal space plane.
The three cruisers did not follow them.

I am very happy that there are other fans, especially Inept Forum User that updates the MoPi/MiniPi wiki. I wished I could contribute, but time is not on my side. I'm writing a report-like Chapter 1 while waiting for today's Fifa Confederations Cup. So I can't really promise when the next chapter will be posted, or if it is going to be posted at all.

I also really wanted to start the Kaminai LN, because the Captain is singing the ED theme and voicing a princess.

So yeah. Sorry for not contributing properly

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Spoiler for Vol 10 Chapter titles:

Chapter 1: Odette II Registration Change
Chapter 2: War for Independence Report
Chapter 3: The Second Solar Sailer
Chapter 4: Currently, it's War for Independence

alternative: As of now, We're in The War for Independence/ We War Now

Chapter 5: Liberty-class Spy Ship
Chapter 6: The Vanished Spy Ship
Chapter 7: Raging Seas on the Ecliptic Plane
Chapter 8: Pirate Ship Odette II

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[Inept Forum User]

That's alright, justpassingby.

I too am happy that there are other fans around, and I'm grateful to be able to communicate with someone who has read the novels and can impart information about them.

Many thanks for the information that you have provided us.

Spoiler for Minor V8-9 Questions:

• How would you translate Noel's nickname (and Volume 8's title)?
• I'm fairly sure but I want to make certain - are Rakion the Volume 9 antagonists? Also how would you translate their name (企業連合体ラキオン)?

[justpassingby]

Spoiler for ^:

- Purple Witch? . The title is The Purple War/Battle Witch
- Cartel Rakion. Before the final battle of vol 09 started, Bentenmaru was collecting data. When she finished, Marika offered the ships under Rakion that should they surrendered then, she would be nice to them. As a service, Marika winked. てへぺろ(・ω＜)

Regarding the chapter titles of Vol 10. I think the girls of Yacht Club are in for the ride of their lifetime. May be they'll get to see the closing days of the War for Independence.

Crack theory: Odette I was Odette II, and because Captain Suzuka saw Odette I, she took the number II

[Inept Forum User]

Indeed - I wonder what caused the time slip (perhaps something to do with that booster they were meant to be investigating?).

Spoiler for ^:

• That's a relief. I was worried that I had made another major mistake on the wiki.
• I see - sounds like their comeuppance was fairly satisfactory.

You mentioned before that Jackie is fairly neurotic and paranoid. What are Noel and Muller like?

[justpassingby]

Spoiler:

^Batshit crazy is probably suitable for Muller. She was ready to fire at Jackie after she paid him for bringing Odette II to her. Persistent and straight to the point, I might add.
IMO Noel is your typical hardworking, skillful girl.

Got these from 2ch Sasamoto-sensei thread post no. 488:

Spoiler for New characters:

Cristy Sherwood
Commander of Tau Stellar Force and the Division Chief for Division for Pirates.

Endou Miki
Ensign in the Tau Stellar Force. A Contact for the Division for Pirates.

We The Enemy is The Pirate now? Get me a talking cat.

Gah! I hope it won't be long before I could get my hand on the latest print. I just placed an order for the novel and started my subscriptions for Febri (Akiman's illustrations) and Seiyuu Grand Prix (Mikako-shi is getting a monthly section) yesterday, literally.

[MeisterBabylon]

By gawd, how much story gap between the anime and the novels? I barely understand any of this! @_@

[justpassingby]

From some of the comments from 2ch regarding Vol 10.
..........Too many spelling errors/lack of proper editing etc. Reminds me of the Female Phoenix and Male Phoenix from the Hakuou.

Too many explanations, (it was the case for the previous 9 volumes). Reading MiniPi does give a different feeling from reading other LNs, although if I remember correctly, Matsumoto Noriyuki (LN artist) did say that it is not a LN, when MiniPi vol 8 was ranked top 10 among LNs from a certain bookshop. Too lazy to search for his tweet.
There are people that were happy with vol 9, as the effects of the anime are felt in Sensei's writing. I'd wager that vol 10 is back to his normal writing, and readers don't like that?

Just started Kami-nai. These are the middle pages of MiniPi Vol 9 and Kami-nai Vol 1 for comparison.

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Kami-nai top, MiniPi bottom

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Though I don't think you can compare much :P.

I purposely picked the middle of the novel, because Black Baba (Black Old Hag), the Vice Principal of Hakuou Girls Academy is mentioned there. And according to some post from 2ch, Black Baba is probably

Spoiler for From Vol 10:

Cristy, which makes her someone like a Vulcan Methuselah. Or cats have 9 lives now?

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Vol 10 illustrations

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[Inept Forum User]

Just wondering, does it say where the first bit of that nickname comes from? Also, was it confirmed what exactly caused the time slip?

Indeed, quite a considerable difference between the covers of Volumes 1 and 10.

Edit: One more thing I would like to check - is this story arc a one volume arc?